Possession

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 7:30pm

You might wonder whether Adjani was truly possessed while shooting this allegorical fantasy about a couple violently separating in the shadow of the Berlin Wall: the actress has herself stated that her wild, César-winning performance as alienated housewife Anna and her doppelgänger Helen revealed things she would “rather never have discovered.”

A cult movie and a misunderstood classic, Possession is the paranoid masterpiece by Andrzej Zulawski, a constantly destabilizing exploration of sexual, spiritual, and political duality produced by the visionary director while in exile from his native Poland and undergoing a messy divorce

Nominated in 1981 for a Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival.

“Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession (1981) is a celluloid canvas of such intense emotional torment that it can effectively act as a two-hour advertisement about the inescapable dangers of marital union.”
– Senses of Cinema

Ticket Information

*Show your FIAF membership card and pick up free tickets day-of at the Box Office. $3 member tickets available in advance.

Venue

FIAF Florence Gould Hall55 East 59th Street,New York, NY 10022

CinéSalon is supported by Air France and Delta Air Lines, BNP Paribas, Canal +, and Sofitel. CinéSalon is made possible by the NY State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature. Kronenbourg 1664 is the exclusive beer partner for CinéSalon. Special thanks to the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the Institut français.